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Electrode lead including a deployable tissue anchor

  • US 9,220,887 B2
  • Filed: 06/07/2012
  • Issued: 12/29/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/09/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An electrode lead comprising:

  • a tubular lead body;

    an electrode supported by the lead body;

    a rotatable member within a distal end of the tubular lead body;

    a deployable member attached to the rotatable member and comprising a tissue anchor, the tissue anchor comprises mesh; and

    a deployment mechanism configured to drive the deployable member along a central axis and out the distal end of the tubular lead body responsive to rotation of the rotatable member about the central axis;

    wherein the deployable member does not rotate about the central axis with the rotation of the rotatable member.

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